May 2013

May 10, 2013

This post deals with songs that include the word Home or House in the title. If a song mentions Home or House only in the lyrics, it doesn't count. For example, "I'm a Rider" from the great new Blue Sky Riders debut album does not count even though the lyrics include the phrase "Finally Home" (which became the title of the album). This was a not so subtle plug for what has become one of my all time favorite albums.

Some of the songs that follow are pop, some are country. While most of the songs were released as singles, some remained only album tracks. Some of the singles didn't crack the top 40. Some were before the top 40 was ever established. It’s obviously not all inclusive. After the title you will find the name of the artist, the writer's name(s) in parenthesis followed by a comment or lyric reminder.

Home first:

Home By Another Way - James Taylor (lyrics by Timothy S. Mayer, music by James Taylor) From his "Never die Young" album, it was never released as a single. See my post of 1-2-11. Sadly, Mr. Mayer did die young.

I Left Something Turned On at Home - Trace Adkins (Billy Lawson & John Schweers)

"It ain't the stove, it ain't the heater

She's hotter and a whole lot sweeter

And all day long she's been there alone

Right now her arms are open, the house is probably smokin`

'Cause I left something turned on at home"

You Ain't Down Home - Julie Roberts (Jamie O'Hara) From her debut album, it also was never released as a single. Jann Browne took the original recording to #19 on Billboard Country in 1989. I just saw Jann for the first time on you-tube. The notes below the video say that she sang for Asleep at the Wheel in the early 80's.

"You got the cool conversation on your high tech telephone

But you got one little problem, baby

You ain't down home"

Of course, the "high tech" phone Jan sang about back then bore little resemblance to an I-Phone. My phone would be a closer match.

Too Cold at Home - Mark Chesnutt (Bobby Harden) he's in hot water

"It’s too hot to fish and

Too hot for golf and

Too cold at home"

My Second Home - Tracy Lawrence (Paul Nelson, Kenny Beard & Tracy Lawrence) the honky tonk was his second home but

"Well, early one morning had a fight with my darling

That went from bad to worse

It ended when she said 'Your second home, just became your first'."

Feels Like Home - Raul Malo with & without Martina McBride (Randy Newman), an album track from his "You're Only Lonely" cd, first recorded by Linda Ronstadt in '95.

May 02, 2013

I love to make up cds to play in the car on long trips. Here's my playlist for one I made a few years ago. It features alternating songs from Delbert McClinton and Lee Roy Parnell. They both sound kind of bluesy country to me so I think they go well together. I called the cd DelRoy. Here's the list of the tracks with songwriters in parenthesis:

22. oops! ran out of room. I know. With an i-Pod I could keep going, but I don't have one and don't want one.

The songs were chosen from the albums Lee Roy Parnell's "Hits and Highways Ahead", Delbert McClinton's "One of the Fortunate Few" and Delbert's "Acquired Taste". As you may notice, Gary Nicholson co-wrote 10 of the Delbert tracks and 1 for Lee Roy. For more information on the songs - lyric reminders, comments, etc. - see my posts of: